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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THtTRSDAY , SEPTEMUETl 22 , 1808. TIIE OMAHA DAILYJBEE E. ROSBWATER , Udltor. I'UULISHCD EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Daily Heo ( Without Sundny ) , One Ycnr.J6.00 Dally lleo and Hunday , One Year 8.09 Klx Months 4.00 Throe Month 12.1)0 ) Hunday IJce , One Year 2.00 Saturday Uce , One Year 1.60 Weekly Bee , One Year i * OFFICES. Omaha : The lice Bulldlnc. Bouth Omaha : Slncer Block , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Onice : COS Chamber of Com merce. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed : To the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and postofflco money orders to be made payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County , ss : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of August , 1S3S , was as follows : 2 20,010 3 28,57J ! 4 28,740 ! ! ! . ! ! ! . ! ! " | i.1 28,00. ; ' . . . . .27,701) 9 | 28,7.'U 10 21),7 : t 11 UO.OUB 12 ! ioonn 13 28t8t : : 14 2SMO : 16 _ HO4 16 28,02(1 Total MO-lSfl ( Less returned and unsold copies. . . . l ,32t : Net total sales 8irtll : Net Dally Average. 27.629 OEOROB B. TZSCHUCIC. Sworn to bcforo mo and subscribed In my presence this 1st duy of September , 1898. N. P. FEIL. Notary Public. WELCOME TO TIIE 11UE HOILDING. No visitor to OmnliR ninl tlie exposition Mliuuld K < > invar n-ltliont lii iiccttiiir The lice linllillnR , the Inritcut iiown- papcr bullillnir In Amcrlcn , and The Ilee iicwoiuuicr lilnnt , conccdcil to be the nnent Iict1 > con ChlcnKO nnd Snii FrnnclHOO. A coriltal rclaomc ! cxtcntlud to nil. Omaha Is tlio best advertised city in America today. Iowa has no reason to regret the post ponement of Its state fair. The next fad of our own times will bo Christmas packages for Manila. The Dreyfus case Is becoming more tional from day to day and more tic than any of Kola's novels. pi 4. ' ° greatest tribute that can bo pakl bf projectors of the exposition Is to nounco It second only to the Uoltim- AVorld'H fair. ft _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , ' jlopes utul universities nro reopcn- V r nnolhcr year's work of eilnca- err Avlth attendance greater than ever I1-1' /ore. Another sign of republican good Inney. Iowa has furnished Its quota of expo- ion patrons , but there nro still sev- rrroral hundred thousand me- and women " * .ln Iowa who cannot all'onl to miss the ' "opportunity of a lifetime. The men who were most eager to get Into the army arc now the most eager to get out. Glory and brass buttons tire very alluring but hard tack and tropical Insects are not as digestible. Governor Ilolcomb's hurried trip to Washington to got Bryan and the Third Nebraska volunteers mustered out must bo chalked up with ono credit mark for humanity to two for partisan pol itics. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Judge Ilayward's speech , dissecting and exposing the fallacies and decep tions of the popocratlc claims of econ omy in Bin to administration , should be read over and over by every voter in Nebraska. Bill Gurlcy is most emphatically op posed to any reorganization of the county legislative ticket , and so is nts partner , Frank Ransom , chairman or the silver republican state committee and pusher for the Hcrdmnn gang. Wonder If the popocratlc yellow Jour nals cannot blame the threatened disas ter from the eruption of Vesuvius upon the republican administration ? It might bo a little far-fetched , but popocrats ought not to stop nt a little thing like that Tbo worklngmcn should have repre sentation on the republican county , . -4 . .ticketand that can only be given through reorganization , by substituting for men who make a living by their wits those who nro actively at work In some factory or workshop. Commercial union between the cast and west is to be the text of the ad dress which Chauncey Depcw will de liver at the TrausuilsHlsblppl Exposition on New York day. No place more be fitting tha theme could possibly have been chosen and no man In all America is better qualified to handle It. I'opocrats who eulogize their party as the special friend of the farmer should bo asked to explain why the popocratlc Btuto ofllclals prefer to feed inmates of state institutions with butterlnc bought In Missouri to giving them wholesome butter made by Nebraska farmers who pay the taxes that maintain the state government. The man who watches a game of chess can always play the game bettci than those who play It. For the siimu reason it is caster for some men wlio have watched the Spaulsh-Amerlcai war at long range to tell how It should have boon fought than It was for the men who passed through the Uerco or deal of the combat , V A nwunucAN uoxaRESs. I In the present house of representa tives the republicans have a majority of about llfty. It Is nbt probable that the opposition can convert this majority Into u minority at the congressional elections of this year , but It Is possible. All depends upon whether republicans everywhere do their whole duty. If they are apathetic or indifferent the next house of representatives may bo controlled by the opposition. A leading Ohio republican paper remarks that easy-going republicans and other sup-1 porters of the administration of Presi dent MoKIuley who take It lor granted that the return of business prosperity and the success of the war with Spain , will Insure the election of a republican congress , without any particular effort by any one , should give a little careful attention to the returns from the state elections in Vermont and Maine. \ \ liilu , In both those states every republican candidate for congress was elected by a large majority and the state legislature In each state will be republican by an overwhelming majority In both branches , yet there was a largo decline In the republican vote of each state as com pared with two years ago , whereas the opposition vote shows a very small falling off from that of 1SU(5. ( The ex- ) lunatloii Is to be found In the apathy of republican voters. The party could ifford this In these two overwhelm- ngly republican states , but similar changes In the vote of the two parties hroughout the country would almost certainly mean republican disaster in November. Those who have made a careful calculation assert that not less Imu fifty districts would bo lost to he republicans If the same ratios of oss for both parties which have been re corded In Maine should prevail every- vhero , while If the changes were like hose shown In Vermont the opposl- lon would gain more than eighty scats. Republicans should appreciate the situation. Wo- have heretofore pointed out the great importance of a rcpub- lean majority in the next house of rep resentatives. In regard to this the Philadelphia Ledger says : "If it were it any time during the last quarter era a century especially desirable , neces sary even , that congress should be In lolltlcnl harmony with the executive , t Is desirable and necessary now , and t will be equally so during the life or he Fifty-sixth congress. Even the great political and ccouomlc questions vhlch engaged the thought and labor or he several congresses which sat clur- ng and succeeding the civil war were lot so important , so really momentous , is those which will bo presented to the iroscut and the succeeding congress for consideration and determination as consequences of the war with Spain. The questions of the civil war were purely national ; the questions of the American-Spanish war nro Interna tional. * * * To the highest degree t would be a national misfortune it through a politically divided congress there should occur friction between the latter and the presiaent and that s likely to be a condition if in the louse there shall be a democratic ma- lorlty , antagonistic in a partisan sense to the administration. " But It Is not Uone with respect to the questions growing out of the war that it is im portant to elect a republican congress next November. Financial and busi ness considerations must not be lost sight of. While It Is true that the election of a democratic house of rep resentatives this fall would not Jeopar dize financial stability , there can be no doubt that It would give a shock to that confidence which Is essential to the realization of the prosperity of which there Is now such favorable promise. Every consideration affecting the In terests and welfare of the country de mands that the Fifty-sixth congress shall bo republican. It will be If re publicans everywhere do their duty. LAIiOfi AXTICU'ATIOXS. The Tacoum Ledger anticipates great things for the Puget Sound region from the development of Asiatic trade. Re ferring to the suggestion of an eastern paper that San Francisco will become the greatest city of the world , tlie Ledger says that Tacoma and the state of Washington have advantages over San Francisco and California of several rival lines to the tast and an abundance of cheap fuel for manufacturing pur poses and the trade with the coast , tlie Orient and the Islands of the sea , tlint once was monopolized by San Fran cisco , Is rapidly coming to Tacoum. The great city of the Pacific coast , 'predicts that paper , as possibly of the nation , will bo on Puget Sound. Meanwhile San Francisco Is expecting to reap most of the benefits that shall conic from an en larged trade with the- far east and Is dreaming of a growth in population , wealth and commercial Importance un precedented In the history of American cities. Wo do not know that any harm can como from Indulging these anticipa tions. If other people can be latticed to share in them the offVct will be to attract capital and population to the Pacltic states and thus give an impulse to their development There Is no doubt there are excellent opportunities for profitable Investment In some of those states , quite ns good , we venture to think , as can bo found in any of our new possessions. But it Is quite possi ble that the great expectations regardIng - Ing the Asiatic trade will not be fully realized. Of course nil Americans will hope they will be. The commercial growth of the 'Pacific states Is greatly to bo desired , yet It Is easy to get an extravagant idea as to what the trade or" tlio Orient will contribute to that progress. Already it Is said that an nexation has given an unexampled lin pctus to the Hawaiian sugar Industry and it is expected that the output wll be Increased by 120,000 tons per annum with the new capital now Invested Half a dozen refineries are to be bull on the Island and ere long all the su gar produced there will bo rctlncd be fore it Is shipped. This docs not prom - A . ' lise well to the beet sugar Industry or I California , which will probably sooner , or later have to succumb to the compe tition of sugar produced by cheaper la bor. Of course this Hawaiian sugar will come Into Pnclllc ports for distri bution , as It Is now doing , but the pain In this respect from the Increased pro duction In Hawaii will amount to very little. As to the Asiatic trade , It Is pos sible that In time a considerable pro portion of It will be supplied by Industries - ; , tries established nearer the markets , i j Why may not mills and factories for the production of many of the articles required by the people of the Orient be established In Hawaii and tlie Phil- ipplnes and operated with the cheap labor of those Islands ? If thin should be done and in the opinion of some who have given piactlcnl consideration to the matter It will be done , It would oU- viotisly be a detriment to our home in dustries and labor and could not pos sibly benetlt any section ( if the country. The highly optimistic view which the press and people of the Pacltic coast take of the benefits to be derived Irom the trade of the Orient may prove to be well founded , but we cannot help thinking that It Is somewhat extrava gant. It must be borne In mind that wo have very active and aggressive rivals for that trade. I 7/.tr SHALL HEI'UIJUCAXS DUJ The alarm sounded by the editor of The Bee to prevent threatened disaster to the republican legislative ticket has very naturally furnished the popocratlc organ sulllclent material for another tirade manifestly designed to prevent , If possible , the proposed strengthening f the republican lines In Douglas ounty. On this score , however , com- ncnt Is superfluous , beyond pointing out he old adage that It Is not safe to take ounscl with the enemy In times of war. The proposed reorganization of the ieket on lines suggested at the Creigh- ou hall meeting Is Inspired solely by a eslrc to place the party In position to lot only hold Its own full strength for very man on the ticket , but to win over housauds of voters who otherwise vould support the fuslonlsts. No true cpubllcnn would complacently sec the arty embark on a course which threat- us It with disaster without sounding ho alarm and making an effort to save t. Those who would disregard a timely varnlng are either reckless or lacking n moral stamina or interest In tlie mrty's triumphant recovery of control n this state. The idea that the eu- huslasm worked up In the campaign vlll safely carry any candidate whose mine appears on the ofllclal ballot In he republican column la born of a mis conception of existing conditions. Self- respecting republicans who have no ambition for office and voters upon vhom party ties rest lightly cannot be ; njoled or driven Into casting their rotes for men whom they would not rust In their counting rooms or associ ate with in any enterprise. Much less vould they support for a responsible position any man known to be dlsrcpu- able or dishonest. * Assuming , however , that every man on the local ticket was as clean as the driven snow , and ns elo quent as a Coukllug or a Depew , it vould still remain a question whether he party should be Jeopardized by gnorlng the elements without whose support the ticket cannot bo elected. The problem with which the party must grapple at this stage Is whether it Is letter to court almost inevitable defeat of a part , If not the whole ticket by bull-headed persistence in refusing to rectify a blunder palpable to everybody familiar with the political map or Douglas county , or whether it Is the llctato of prudence and safety to re rleve the mistakes of the convention as far ns possible and put a ticket in the leld that honest republicans and honest citizens generally may support from tope o bottom without doing violence to their own conscience or apologizing for their acts. The commercial ward heelers who ralllc In votes do not care a rap about ho character and standing of candi dates , but a very large proportion or this and all other communities swayed by conscientious conviction wants good government. That class cannot be 'rightened , bulldozed or bought to pros- Jtute their manhood nt the ballot box. All things being equal , they will vote the party ticket. If they are repub leans they give preference to repub lean candidates , so long as they believe : hem to be decent and honest , but when they know them to bo disreputable or dishonest they sacrifice partisanship to ; oed citizenship and vote for men on the other ticket. Why the Board of Education should exalt the special teachers and single them out for favors In the way of In creased pny Is n ° t easily understood. The patrons of the schools must , in tlie , eng run , depend upon the regular corps of teachers In nil essentials of Instruc tion Imparted to their children. While It Is desirable , of course , to have music nnd drawing In the High school currl euluiu , It has always been a question whether the board Is Justified In the use of the money of the taxpayers to pay for special teachers in branches not strictly belonging to our common schools. ' The school board has decided that the Spanish language shall not be taught In the public schools of Omaha this term. This action will doubtless be generally approved , but If French Is to be taught It becomes a question whether Spanish would not have been preferable from the point of utility. There cer tainly will be n growing demand for those who have mastered the Spanish language. Senator Thurston has promised to de liver a good many speeches for the re publican state and county tickets , but the best speech he could deliver would be a plain talk urging the withdrawal of nominees on the county ticket whoso candidacy Jeopardizes the success of the party and the naming In their place or men who represent the elements froui | which the party must draw tnc bulk of Its vote. .lUHt Dropped In. Indianapolis News. General Shaffer1 casually refers to the fact that whllo down nt Santiago ho had a visitor named Miles. AVIIIIr Washington 1'ost. deorgo Fred Williams hns been shedding tears on account of the poor farmers of the west and south. As a professional tear shedder Oeorco Fred is somewhat of a peach. to Treatment- Globc-Dcmocrnt. Agulnaldo Is more tractable and seems to bo gaining wisdom. Ho ought to know better than to get In the way of results beginning Nith Dewcy's victory. Not .Illicit of a Compliment. KniiBas City Star. According to expert authorities the regu lar police of Havana are better than the American police. If the United States can learn anything about police regulations from Havana , the war will not have been In vain. Turkey Dri'HNtiiK. New York Tribune. Secretary Day thinks that wo may have a peace treaty to serve up with the Thanks giving turkey a happy forecast , which the country ardently hopes will prove a true one. No moro welcome sauce could be added to the feast. oil the ( Hit Mock. Ualtlmoro American. The governor of Barbadoes has sent out an appeal for aid for sufferers from the hurricane , and Queen Victoria has sent him a message of sympathy. The royal stock of sympathy Is unfailing ; the only just 1 criticism to be made of It Is that ft Is usually more liberal than nutritive. Tax on I2prKN 1'iiokHKCH. Buffalo UxprcBB. Another decision compelling express companies topay the war revenue tax on receipts for packages has been given , this time by a Detroit Judge , who holds that the low requires the companies to nfllx the stamp and that an Increase in rates bv 1 I cent Is not legal , because It makes the ' rates unreasonable and Is designed to hlh- | der the operation of the law. Some time ! ago it was reported that the leading com- j panics had agreed at a meeting In Chicago to pay the tax , but later it was stated that no change had been made In the practice. The court decisions point to the conclusion that what the companies are unwilling to do of their own accord will be secured by compulsion. CleiuenlH of Proinperlty. I'hlladeluhla Inquirer. The great factors that go to make pros perity are all present. Expectations of Im mense crops have been confirmed by the atest authentic returns. Wheat has gone up 2 ccints on better foreign buying , as It s * now reckoned that whllo Europe will not have to Import nearly as much wheat as last year , yet It will need more than n any other year slnco 1892. Corn has fallen 1 cent upon reports of a crop or nearly 2,000,000,000 bushels , or about 15 icr cent more { nan we need , considering .ho larco stock of old corn carried over. Cotton has fallen ono-elghth of 1 cent , for whllo the government report of September 1 showed a recession of 11 points In condi tion as compared with August 1 , yet the condition Is now 1.5 per cent better than a year ago , when on 11,180,000-balo crop was produced , and the acreage this year Is only slightly less than last. Another 11,000,000-balo crop would be too much for the markets to use up. SWI'i/Y 0V (1OM > . Ait Almniluiicc of the Metal for All ConiMiprelul Ncciln. Philadelphia Record. In his admirable address to the National Currency convention at Omaha last week Mr. Horace White once more answered the 'avorlto plea for "bimetallism " that the pres ent and prospective supply of gold Is not adequate for making the enormous business exchanges of the world. Upon this gratu itous assumption of the scarcity and dear- nesa of gold 1 based the theory of the cheapness of commodities. The abundance of commodities , the labor-saving means of multiplying them and the faculties for dis tributing them by rail and by water have In the estimation of the advocates of bi metallism or of free coinage at 16 to 1 little or nothing to do with their cheapness , -which Is ascribed solely to the scarcity of gold. gold.Mr. Mr. White flnds no difficulty In demon strating that , whatever may bo the situ ation of the world at largo In this respect , .hero Is an abundance of gold In this country for all the needs of business. Not only the United States treasury but the banks are glutted with the precious metal. Anyone having commodities to sell or ex changes to make can have no trouble in obtaining gold for Us equivalent. The tanks will gladly exchange gold for paper , and the recipient "will be as glad to return It to the bank vault. While the supply of sold Is large , It has enormously Increased both "by Importation and the production of our mines. There Is no doubt that much moro gold would enter Into circulation In the ordinary business of the country It the coinage should bo struck In less denomina tions than eagles and double eagles ; but this Is a matter of convenlenco and has nothing to do with the question of the alleged want of gold. As to the world at large , Mr. White ehows that there Is no occasion for anxiety on the part of the blmetalllBts over the dearth of tbo precious metal. While the supply of gold In Europe for money uses Is greater than nt any period since the dawn of civil ization , It Is pouring from the mines of South Africa In over Increasing volume. Slnco the doleful laments over the scarcity of gold began , about a quarter of a century ago , nearly all the nations , following the example of Great Britain and the United States , have put their currency and finances on the gold basis. What the blmotalllsts predicted as a financial Impossibility has been accomplished with comparative ease. Even Russia , -which her enormous volume of depreciated paper currency was beltevrd to be irremediably sunk In monetary bank ruptcy , has risen to the gold standard , and sold In email coinage has begun to circulate throughout the dominions of the czar. But while the nations do not appear to be distressed In their domestic business for want of gold coinage , It U asserted that the supply la ridiculously Inadequate for effectIng - Ing the enormous exchanges of International trade. It Is Just hero that the need of gold Is steadily diminishing with the Increase of Its supply. If money should be needed to settle every balance of the world's trade all the gold and silver and copper of the mines would not servo the purpose. But International commerce In Us most extensive ramifications Is mere barter , In which little actual money U required. Tbo bills of ex change , bills of lading , warehouse receipts , etc. , are only so many evidences of com modities In transit and In process of ex change with each other. Nothing U more true than that commerce abhors the shipment of money , because of both Its Inconvenience and cost. The balance against tb United States in trade with the states of South and Central Amer ica amounts to not less than $100,000,000 annually , which U not paid In gold , but In the mutual exchange of commodities , In which exchanges South America has an un favorable balance with Europe. Nearly all international transaction ! In commerce are effected In the same way , without the actual use of money. The recent abnormal shipments of gold to thin country were due to a failure of crops In Europe and to an unhealthy check to Importations by hos tile tariff legislation. Comprehending In a vague sort of way the little need of gold In the world's commerce , the advocates of "flat money" Insist that the government alone shall Issue the cur rency on "the wealth and credit of the nation. " But they also fall to comprehend the necessity for gold as a universal stand ard of value and as the most effective Instrument of exchange. Because silver and copper are obviously defective Instru ments for these purposes the comr.icrcliil and financial world has by coimnon con sent adopted gold. For Its uses as currency the supply of the nations Is ample and the quantity Is ever Increasing. A \UUUID Itetter Mcthoil of lleunrdlnir OIIleerH Wnnlcil. Hnrser's Weekly. There Is urgent need of some method of rewarding naval officers who have won special distinction which shall not Inciden tally punish their fellow-officers who have been less lucky. At present , when a Clark , a Philip , or an Evans has a chance and makes the most of ft , and Is advanced SCT- eral numbers , all that these worthy gentle men gain Is lost by their fellows over whom they are promoted , and whose only fault probably Is that the fortunes of war denied them an opportunity equal to their merits. If the men who were passed kept their places there might be no cause for complaint. But they don't. They are put back just ns much as their luckier brethren are put forward , their chances of getting high rank before retirement arc proportion ately lessened , and the regards that the government orders are given at their ex pense. The case of Captain Chester of the Gin- clnnatl has been cited In Illustration of this evil. Ho served on the blockade with leaky boilers as long as he dared , until finally , seeing no prospect of a fight , ho slipped off to Norfolk for repairs. ID his absence Ccrvcra came out. The result Is that his reward for faithful and arduous war scrvlco Is likely to be the loss of live numbers , which probably means that he will bo retired with the rank of captain Instead of commodore , as would have happened It there had been no war. Officers who have this sort of luck don't like It. Officers whose promotion Involves this sort of pun ishment for their fellows don't like It cither , as witness the recent grumblings of Captain 1 hlllp at the Injustice Involved by his own advancement. The Navy de partment la dissatisfied , too , and It seems likely that when congress comes to take action on the war promotions some way will bo found of curing , or at least alleviat ing , these hardships. 3IISTAKI3N IDENTITY. Supponcil OrlKiiinl o * l Murder MJB- tery Iteturim nn n llrlde. Philadelphia Press. The appearance of Miss Grace Marian Perkins , the supposed victim of the Bridge port , Conn. , murder , alive and happy as a bride at her home In Mlddlcborough , Mass. , Is not so surprising an Incident as It seems to bo at first glance. Nothing Is more falli ble than the casual morgue Identification , unless It be the "absolutely sure" Identifica tion. The fact that Miss Perkins ( or Mrs. Bourne ) is not a mutilated corpse IB only astonishing when one forgds the long chap ter of previous "positive" Identifications of murdered men and women as husbands , brothers , wives and daughters made by any number of sane and sorrowing Individuals. Recall any of the great murder mysteries , euch as that that centered about Rahway , for Instance , and you cannot but fall to re member that conflicting Identifications were features of the case and made confusion worse confounded. Naturally , Individuals differ , and special training adds acutences to observation. And yet Bertlllon , the French criminal expert , wcs led to the development of his scientific system of criminal registration and Identi fication by reason of the failure not only of the eye of the police , but of the camera as well. Just as the eye and the mind play their tricks , so the camera ; for , after the positive Identifier , nothing1 Is so uncertain ns the testimony of the photograph , which Is a "speaking Image" or the original. Under these conditions It Is not surprising that the Bridgeport torso was Identified by Mr. Perkins , the surprising feature of the case being that there have been so few Identi fications. The whole Perkins episode Is , however , a striking commentary on the danger of Jumping at conclusions In murder mysteries. Murder will out , but the "posi tive Identifier" often hinders Instead of ad vancing the solution of the mystery. Aside from the self-evident fact that death may work such a change In tbo appearance of familiar features as to deceive even those nearest and dearest , there remains the psychological explanation that nothing Is so capable of being deceived as the human senses. Seeing Is not believing. Sight has a way of doubling under at critical times that It would be surprising were It not so common a fact In our experience. The reason why false Identifications are made Is that , at best , the average person carries In mind a mere generalization of the facts of physiognomy and figure that go to make up personality. Under the stimulus of a sug gested Idea almost anybody , dead or alive , that Is at all like the known personality will be promptly and positively Identified , and this without the aid of the occasional marvelous coincidences , In the way of the exact likeness of two Individuals. In other words , wo hold but vaguely personal details In mind even of those most intimately known , and when called on to establish Identity , sight and memory play us false and failure results. PHIISO.VAL , AM ) OTI1I2HWIHE. James J. Hill , the railway magnate of the northwest , began llfo as a "mud clerk" on the Mississippi. It Is a trine premature to settle down with the notion that the war Is over. The magazines are yet on a war footing. The name of Mrae. Adele Maria Juana Pattl Nlcollnl of Cralg-y-Nos castle appears In n recent London Gazette among the aliens 'to ' whom certificates of British naturali zation have been granted. Thomas Hardy U said to hove adopted the following form of reply , typewritten , to all requests for autographs : "Sir : Mr. Hardy will be pleased to sign any of his books you may forward for the purpose. " A cousin of the assassinated Austrian empress Is a captain In the Seventh United States regiment of Immuncs , now at Jeffer son Barracks , Mo. He Is the real thing , too , and was known In the Austrian court and In the Dutch army , In which be had held a commission , as Baron William Anton Hubert Waldeck do Vllleneuve. Laying out sojno eighty towns In the west , besides a number In New Jersey , one of which , Blalrstown , Is named for him , Is but a part of the record of the lite of John I. Blair , who celebrated hli ninety- sixth birthday on Monday. He wai at one time a director of sixteen railroads , most of which he helped to build as a contractor or promoter , and was president and prin cipal owner of three of them , During his stay In Washington last Mon day , Hon. J. Sterling Morton was tendered an invitation from the president of the Ar gentine Itcpubllc to spend the next year In Buenos Ayrcs as the adviser of the govern ment on matters relating to Its agricul tural development and the organization of a department of agriculture similar to that of this country , U Is reported from Wash- luetou that Itis likely to accept. I . TIII : nxi'osrno.v. Inti-rt-Kt In tlio nnd ProNtirrlty of tlio MKMT. Now York Mall and Express : oniclal re ports Indicate that the Omnha exposition Is a great success , Buffalo News : The Omaha exposition be gins to show ItseTf to better advantage , now tlmo the war Is over. Pence hath Its \lc- torles , etc. Dallas ( Tex. ) Herald : All accounts by returning visitors from the Omnha exposi tion seem to agree that It Is not far It any behind the great Chicago Bonder. Already the Income Is ahead of the expenditures account. ! Oswe.o ( N. Y. ) Times : At the close of "Editors' day" nt the Omnbn exposition It Is appropriate to note that the Missis sippi vallev show has been a crcat suc cess thus far and a beautiful tribute to the i genius of Editor Kose\\atcr of The IJce , In ' whoso lively brain the enterprise- was born. KelthsburK (111. ( ) News : Second only to the World's Fair In the multitude nud excel lence of Its exhibits , U rivals It In harmony of nichtteclurul conception nnd scenic de velopment. The promoters are certalnry Justified In their belief that the success of the enterprise gives promise of a broader prosperity for the great \vest. HarrlsburR ( Pa. ) Telegraph : When the Omaha exposition was first started a lot of other western cities sneered at Omnha and asked who would pay the bills after the ex position failure. And now Omaha has the laugh on all of them , for tbo exposition Is n great success , and it will not only pay nil bills , but have a llttlo to divide. Phoenix ( Ariz ) Republican : If It Is true that the Omaha exposition Is financially successful the fact Is very remarkable. Such ventures seldom pay expenses even when conditions are moat favorable , and circumstances In this case have been ex ceedingly unfortunate. According to all ac counts the exposition Is really a notable one , though for obvious reasons It has attrnctcd but llttlo attention In the cast. Beverly ( Mass. ) Times : The war no doubt lessened the Interest in the TrnnsmUalsslppi | Exposition during the early summer months , but the return of pence Is going to provo a great boom in turning the tide of popular favor toward It. Taking advantage of the turn of affairs the managers have announced a great Pence Jubilee to be held the second week In October , during which time special festivities appropriate-to tha occasion will bo held. President McKlnlcy and many other prominent men will bo present nnd nn Immense concourse of people will natur ally crowd to Omaha at that tlmo. Cincinnati Commercial Triruric : The Omaha exposition Is a success beyond the dreams of the most sanguine. Already thr-r Is a balance In bank of $15,000 above curtwai expenses and obligations of all kinds nnd the best time for attendance Is yet to come. In fact , the harvest Is ended nnd the farmers can now take a vacation nnd bring the women nnd children to town to freshen 'em up a bit. There Is n lesson for all the nation In the success of the Trans- ralsslEslppl Exposition. It shows , as noth ing else has shown , that the farmers are now on easy street. Let us hope they are permanently established for all tlmo to come. Buffalo Courier : In Its architectural fea tures and the extent of Its exhibits the Omaha exposition Is voted entirely satis factory by those who have visited it. An effort Is 'being ' made to Interest the people of the Empire state by setting asldo Octo ber 6 as Now York day. A special train from Now York City has been arranged for nnd a similar train from Buffalo can easily bo secured If the business men of the city will do their part In arousing public interest In the enterprise. Buffalo and ' Omaha alike enjoy the distinction of a re markably rapid growth In population nnd wealth and there should bo an adequate representation of Buffalonlnns nt the great exposition provided 'by ' the enterprise of our sister city of the west. Hock Falls ( III. ) News : The Omaha expo sition Is proving contrary to the general ex pectation , to bo a financial success. In deed , It Is claimed that no former American exposition has made so flattering a showing during the first sixty days of Its existence. The Mexican band Is now one of the chlof attractions. President Diaz and cabinet of I the Mexican republic have accepted an In vitation to visit the exposition next month and their coming will attract much atten tion. September and October will be the months of greatest attendance and every one who goes to Omaha will bo delighted , for the exposition far excells all others , with the possible exception of the World's Fair In Chicago. President McKlnley has prom ised to visit the exposition the second week of October. St. Paul Pioneer Press : It Is gratifying to read the announcement of such an Im proved attendance at the Omaha exposition during the last few weeks , that has changed ' the cntlro outlook as to the financial re- ' suits of the undertaking. The receipts up to yesterday bad reached a sum of moro than $38,000 In excess of the expenditures , including the outlay on buildings. So the enterprising and public-spirited men of the Nebraska metropolis , who not long ago seemed about to lose large sums through the diversion of public Interest by the war , will now In all likelihood reap a largo monetary profit , to sny nothing of the splen did advertisement they have given their city. Six weeks yet remain of the period allotted for the display and In that tlmo the largest dally attendance known may bo looked for. 1 Jamestown ( N. Y. ) Journal : The Trans- I mlsslsslppl Exposition at Omaha Is one of the createst successful shows of this coun try and Is well worth anyone's tlmo to see. It Is typical of the great went In Its scope and boldness. It Is conducted on a most liberal scale and with the enthusiasm char acteristic of the great western empire. In some.respects , such as the government ex hibit , it Is said to bo superior to the World's fair at Chicago and itself shows the prog ress which has been attained in the arts and sciences since that exposition. Even a few rears has witnessed crcat chances. The territory beyond the Mississippi , em bracing oil varieties of climate , an enor mous agricultural and mineral production , Inhabited by a race of men who have turned the desert Into a smiling garden and wrested her treasures from the reluctant earth , Is capable of furnishing a display such as will excite the wonder of the world. The nation's development In a compara tively brief space of tlmo Is shown at the TranamlBnlsslppl Exposition and those who can see It will enjoy a rare treat. The Royal I * the highest grade biking powder brown. Actual teiutliow It goes w e- Ulrd farther than nf other bread. Absolutely Pure * oi co. , fcrw T ItlMIAUKH. Somcrvllle Jourmtl : You can buy a bl- ryilo for K now , but nnilcu costs us much II'H ever. Harper's llnznr : Parrot ( scornfully ) A vi \\lmt n lint ! Mlmt n lint ! what n hat ! Old biuly ( ItullRiinntly ) The ungrateful bcvistl I'll resign from the Atulubnn noclcty nt once , anil trim my bonnet \vlth parrot ChlcnRO Record : "Mmlcr , do you dtsllkt nn'otlnp your old lovers ? " "No , their wives nro generally ugllei than 1 urn. " Boston Transcript : First Citizen So Cap tain Xollurcruft lin discovered nil Island where nil varieties of the most dcllctoui foods grow spontaneously , nnd he snys ho hns been llvlnir on the fnt of the land rlcht aloMK. Wo ought to do Homcthlni ; In liia honor. Second Citizen That's so. Let's give him a dinner. Detroit Frr Press "What . < : nro. you work ing on noW7" wns asked of the man who Is nlwiiys Inventing but never Invents. "Nothing- very bli ? just nt present. I'm about complelliiK n method for calculating compound Interest with u rubber stump. " Chicago Post : "Nothing seems to please you , " lie said bitterly. " 1 confess , " she icplled , " ( lint you do not exactly meet my approval. " After ho had Inwardly digested that he. wns Inclined to bo even moro bitter. Washington Stnr "Awful ' " : , wasn't It , said the Sweet Young- Thing , "tho way that horrid old Klmllf.i dropped his wives along the rend when ho run uwny ? " " 1 shouldn't wonder , " wild the Savnga Bachelor , "if ho jot up the war solely ut nn excuse. " Detroit Journal : "How , " she mused "mny J , the child of luxury , the potted fiivorlto of society , die. for the good of Ah , how , Indeed ? Of cpurso aim might cut ice cream with utomnliH'H in it. Hut the probability wiia that nho em ployed the term mankind In Its broadest sense , nnd not as Indicating- merely ths stroiiscr sex. Harper's Baznr : "Poor Wllklns , the war ruined him , " Hlghcvl Hugglns. " \\llklns ruined ? " retorted Jinks. "Why ho entered UH u private , bccamu a Ilcutetil ant In t o weeks , a cnptnln In four , a colonel In six. a brigadier general In ten. nnd a week before the war was cloned I became a major general. Ruined ! How do U Cwtulnly. Think of nil the A MOUKll.V Ualtlmoro American. . , cr' Ju"lor-Bllmmpr's day , the meadows sweut with hay. The Judge cnmo limping down the lane ; lie sighed nnd seemed to bo in pnln. His fiico wns thin nnd dnrkly tnnncd , Mosquito bites adorned his hand. Ills uniform wns sadly soiled , His linen , too must needy bo boiled. His saber clanked ns nenr he drew ; Sweet Muuil looked up , uuld "How d'y "I've been away to wnr , " said he , "Indeed ! " snld Maud , qulto cheerily. "You fought the Spanish hordssl" snld sh . "No ; tiles nnd Insects , " answered he. She said , "You heard the horrid shell , Aud groaned ns some poor comrade fell ! " "Ah , yes , " ho snld , "deep groans wera mine. But mostly when 'twas tlmo to dlno. " "And stormed you not some Cuban hill ? " She asked , her voice grown strangely still , "Alas ! " snld he with sorrowing look , "I stormed not save the urmy cook. " "No Cuban hill ! " she said. "Oh , fudgel I'm disappointed In you , Judge ! " Then with a sigh she turned awny And raked the meadow sweet with hay. The soldier-judge trnmped on ngnln , And sighed , "Gosh hung the war with Spain ! " AIns ! for soldier , nlns ! for maid ; Alns ! for those who nt Tampa stayed. Alnsl poor soldiers for wnrfnro wlshln' , Hut nhvuys , nlnck ! delay In transmission. For of nil snd words of tongue or type writer , The saddest nro these : "I'm nn unfought lighter ! " OUR DAILY BULLETIN. I ATCHISON , Knn. , Sept. 22 , 1808. With an annual crop worth more 1han a million of dollars corn Is easily King. Its roynl rank and dignity Is celebrated here by nil Kansas with a grand carnival , which opens today. Atchlson has surrendered to Invad ing crowds. Crowds are also Flocking Today and every other day In the week , for that matter , at our store where we are offering es pecially good values in clothing for men. The prices , too , you may be assured are right , but what is more important still , these garments are made with particular reference to style and fit. In short it is our claim that there is no ready-to-wear cloth ing superior to that made in our own factory. It is the best in the world and as well-fitting as the usual custom-made suit , what more do you want for the price ? . . \0k 9. On 1414 t JD-t MfHi
